Event #28: Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed

California's Dylan Weisman won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on Saturday by taking down Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for a six-figure score of $166,461. Weisman, who is the lead PLO instructor for Upswing Poker, entered Day 3 with a dominant chip lead over his four opponents and used it to his advantage — including by sending heads-up opponent Craig Chait out in second for $102,884.

Play on Day 3 lasted for just two hours before Weisman took down the tournament, which began with 1,069 runners and generated a prize pool of $951,410.

Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results

Weisman told PokerNews he eliminated at least 20 opponents over the span of three days. That list includes third-place finisher Alexander Yen, who Weisman knocked out when he flopped a set of nines, and Yen flopped a set of eights before all the chips got in the middle.

Weisman entered heads-up play with 19.7 million chips compared to Chait's 1.7 million. Chait doubled up once before the fatal blow, which came when Weisman check-raised to put Chait all-in and Chait called with a gutshot straight draw, while Weisman had a set of deuces. Chait couldn't get there despite picking up a flush draw on the turn and shook Weisman's hand before leaving the table.

After the victory, Weisman's rail rushed onto the floor of the outer feature final table in the Amazon Room and lifted the champion over their shoulders.

"It's my bar mitzvah all over again!" laughed Weisman.

In an interview with PokerNews, Weisman called his heads-up opponent a "rad dude" who was "genuinely kind the entire time."

"We had been playing a lot together (during the tournament) and he just literally watched me sun-run the entire tournament, so we were meme-ing about it the entire time," he said.

It was also quite the run for Chait, who was nearly sent home in sixth on Day 2 when he was all-in and at risk with a pair of kings against the flopped flush of Chase Fujita and went runner-runner to make a full house. The hand gave Chait a second life and he used it to ladder up to a second-place finish worth six figures.

"He played really well," Weisman said about his opponent. "The fact that he laddered from fifth to second is phenomenal. That takes an immense amount of patience. And so I'm stoked for him and the way he was able to navigate the field."

Weisman plans to gift his maiden bracelet to his dad, who has supported his son's poker ventures since he first began playing at 13 years old. But the second bracelet is going to mom, according to Weisman.

That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Be sure to check out the WSOP reporting portal for coverage of other WSOP events.

Dylan Weisman raised to 300,000 and called when Craig Chait moved all in for his last 900,000.

Craig Chait:     
Dylan Weisman:     

Chait flopped a flush on     to take control of the pot and secured the double up when the board ran out   .

Dylan Weisman	18,500,000	-1,200,000
Craig Chait	1,800,000	130,000

Alexander Yen raised to 350,000 from the button and Dylan Weisman defended his big blind.

Weisman checked the     flop and Yen bet another 350,000. Weisman then put out a raise to 750,000 and Yen quickly folded.

Dylan Weisman	15,500,000	500,000
Alexander Yen	2,300,000	-700,000

In a blind versus blind confrontation, Alexander Yen bet 150,000 from the big blind on a flop of     and small blind Dylan Weisman raised to 600,000. Yen then quietly announced he was all in.

"Did you say all in?," Weisman asked before folding.

The next hand, Weisman raised from the button to 420,000 before folding to a re-raise from Yen to 1,300,000.

Dylan Weisman	16,500,000	-2,100,000
Alexander Yen	3,000,000	1,500,000

Dylan Weisman and Alexander Yen went heads-up to the turn on a board of     . Weisman, in the big blind, bet 335,000 and Yen called from the button.

The river came the  , and this time Weisman put out a stack of bronze 100,000 chips for a bet totaling 1,300,000. Yen called after a moment but mucked when Weisman showed      for the rivered straight.

Dylan Weisman	18,000,000	3,700,000
Alexander Yen	1,500,000	-2,800,000

Dylan Weisman opened as the first player to act and Alexander Yen announced "pot" on the button.

Weisman raised to put Yen all-in and Yen called for a total of 1,750,000.

Alexander Yen:     
Dylan Weisman:     

Yen had the goods with aces and secured himself a double-up as the board ran out      .

Dylan Weisman	14,000,000	-1,700,000
Alexander Yen	3,500,000	1,500,000

Tim Van Loo limped in the cutoff and called when chip leader Dylan Weisman raised to 400,000 in the small blind.

Weisman fired a 350,000 bet on the flop of     and Van Loo called. Weisman then bet 450,000 on the   turn and his opponent again called.

Weisman slowed down and checked on the   river and Van Loo eventually checked back.

"Ace-king," Weisman announced before tabling     . Ace high was good for Weisman as Van Loo said he missed and mucked.

Dylan Weisman	14,200,000	2,000,000
Tim Van Loo	1,200,000	-2,000,000

Tim Van Loo limped in and Dylan Weisman checked from the big blind. The flop came     and Weisman led for 200,000.

Van Loo called to see the   on the turn. Weisman bet 550,000, and again Van Loo called. On the   river, Weisman asked how much was in the pot before betting 750,000.

Van Loo took his time before calling. Weisman showed      for the straight and Van Loo mucked.

Dylan Weisman	12,200,000	2,765,000
Tim Van Loo	2,550,000	-1,650,000

Tim Van Loo limped in from early position, Craig Chait called from the small blind, and Dylan Weisman checked his option.

The flop came     and action checked to Van Loo, who bet 200,000. Chait then moved all in for his last 530,000. Weisman quickly folded, but Van Loo took his time and asked for a count before also sliding his cards into the muck.

Tim Van Loo	3,500,000
Craig Chait	930,000	50,000